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Title: Meanwhile In PurgatoryAuthor: Gryph (gryphon2k)Artist:muse_of_melissaGenre: SlashCharacters and/or Pairings: Dean/CastielRating/Warnings: NC-17; serious smut and a bit of sappy schmoopWords: 3,848Summary: Castiel and Dean are stuck in Purgatory. Even as they try to reconnect with each other, they almost never get a moment to themselves.Disclaimer: No owning today. Talk to the CW.Notes: Filling a prompt for spn_reversebang, based on this amazing art by muse_of_melissa. Thanks to chrystie69 for beta.

After needing an extension from the Sunday deadline because all my planned writing time this past weekend got eaten up by storm prep, I just emailed off my rough draft for my spn_reversebang story, a Dean/Cas purgatory fic.

It's some serious Dean/Cas smut. As I told kassidy62, even though I love reading slash, I really, really struggle with writing it. Now I've got two weeks for chrystie69 to beta it, and to do some last minute polishing. And I'll send a copy off to my artist to see if she gets inspired to do any more art for it. Then on 11/14, it gets posted for public consumption. Stay tuned!

Over the weekend, the claiming for art prompts for spn_reversebang went up. I had a list of the prompts I like all made up. But, the claiming opened at 3AM in my time zone! Yeah. On a Friday night/Sat morning? Not so much. When I did finally get onto LJ Sat morning (around 9:30), all but one of my choices had already been claimed. But, the unclaimed one also happened to be my first choice, so I was very incredibly happy when I got it! Woohoo! It's titled "Meanwhile in Purgatory", and as that suggests, is a Dean/Cas moment in purgatory. So this is going to make up in part at least, for the Dean/Cas BB that I dropped out of over the summer, where I was planning on writing a purgatory fic. This one is much more manageable. 3K words by the end of October. And I don't even care if it gets Kipke'd bye the season premiere on 10/3 before it even gets posted. It'll still be fun. My first Dean/Cas story!

And now this morning, nominations opened for the yuletide fic exchange. I nominated PotA, of course, then angsted and waffled for a while over what my other two would be (only 3 noms allowed), but finally settled on Space: 1999 and John Doe. Considered Cleopatra 2525, Bionic Woman, and Logan's Run, being my other small fandom obsessions at the moment. But there is always the (near infinitesimal) possibility of them getting nominated by someone else.

Over the weekend, the claiming for art prompts for spn_reversebang went up. I had a list of the prompts I like all made up. But, the claiming opened at 3AM in my time zone! Yeah. On a Friday night/Sat morning? Not so much. When I did finally get onto LJ Sat morning (around 9:30), all but one of my choices had already been claimed. But, the unclaimed one also happened to be my first choice, so I was very incredibly happy when I got it! Woohoo! It's titled "Meanwhile in Purgatory", and as that suggests, is a Dean/Cas moment in purgatory. So this is going to make up in part at least, for the Dean/Cas BB that I dropped out of over the summer, where I was planning on writing a purgatory fic. This one is much more manageable. 3K words by the end of October. And I don't even care if it gets Kipke'd bye the season premiere on 10/3 before it even gets posted. It'll still be fun. My first Dean/Cas story!

And now this morning, nominations opened for the yuletide fic exchange. I nominated PotA, of course, then angsted and waffled for a while over what my other two would be (only 3 noms allowed), but finally settled on Space: 1999 and John Doe. Considered Cleopatra 2525, Bionic Woman, and Logan's Run, being my other small fandom obsessions at the moment. But there is always the (near infinitesimal) possibility of them getting nominated by someone else.

So last week I got a message from someone who wanted to translate my latest SPN fic into Russian. Today, I got a message from someone in the UK who wants to know if she can quote my *other* SPN fic, Night of the Hunter, in her doctoral thesis.

She pointed me at her university webpage. Here's the summary of her research:

My research attempts to bring a Foucauldian perspective to fan studies, by looking at the way discourse constructions operate between cult television and fandom in the context of New Media. I take the cult show 'Supernatural' (CW, 2006-) as my case study due to its rich intertextuality and active engagement with its own fandom. I look at three discursive formations fundamental to the Gothic genre that the show both participates in and parodies: race/ethnicity, religion, and incest. I hope to show that fandom's participation helps form and change the nature of these constructions through supporting and challenging statements in fan fiction.

She wants to use a quote from my story in a chapter about race and ethnicity that focuses on Gordon Walker. Heh. This keeps up, I'm going to get a swelled head.

So last week I got a message from someone who wanted to translate my latest SPN fic into Russian. Today, I got a message from someone in the UK who wants to know if she can quote my *other* SPN fic, Night of the Hunter, in her doctoral thesis.

She pointed me at her university webpage. Here's the summary of her research:

My research attempts to bring a Foucauldian perspective to fan studies, by looking at the way discourse constructions operate between cult television and fandom in the context of New Media. I take the cult show 'Supernatural' (CW, 2006-) as my case study due to its rich intertextuality and active engagement with its own fandom. I look at three discursive formations fundamental to the Gothic genre that the show both participates in and parodies: race/ethnicity, religion, and incest. I hope to show that fandom's participation helps form and change the nature of these constructions through supporting and challenging statements in fan fiction.

She wants to use a quote from my story in a chapter about race and ethnicity that focuses on Gordon Walker. Heh. This keeps up, I'm going to get a swelled head.

Title: Under Fallen SkiesAuthor: Gryph (gryphon2k)Artist:tattooeddevilGenre: Slash, dark!fic, AUCharacters and/or Pairings: Dean/Alastair, Crowley, SamRating/Warnings: NC-17; this fic is very dark, even for me. Torture, angst-fest, blood, gore, non-con, character death, unhappy ending. Heed the warnings.Words: 6724Summary: An AU where Dean is never rescued from Hell. He is tortured by Alastair and when he turns, breaks the first seal. Sam is still tricked into breaking the last one and unleashing Lucifer. Then Dean roams the Earth as demon, collecting souls for Hell.Disclaimer: Not mine. I just wanna play with them.Notes: Filling a prompt for spn_illuminated, based on this amazing art by tattooeddevil.

Title: Under Fallen SkiesAuthor: Gryph (gryphon2k)Artist:tattooeddevilGenre: Slash, dark!fic, AUCharacters and/or Pairings: Dean/Alastair, Crowley, SamRating/Warnings: NC-17; this fic is very dark, even for me. Torture, angst-fest, blood, gore, non-con, character death, unhappy ending. Heed the warnings.Words: 6724Summary: An AU where Dean is never rescued from Hell. He is tortured by Alastair and when he turns, breaks the first seal. Sam is still tricked into breaking the last one and unleashing Lucifer. Then Dean roams the Earth as demon, collecting souls for Hell.Disclaimer: Not mine. I just wanna play with them.Notes: Filling a prompt for spn_illuminated, based on this amazing art by tattooeddevil.

One of my deciding factors is that they have a "mini-bang" option, to just do 10K minimum instead of the full blown 20K for the big-bang. However, they do give the option up to a certain point to upgrade if it looks like the story is going to go over 20K anyway. Also, the fics can be gen as long as they focus on a Dean/Cas friendship. So if I won't necessarily have to pop my SPN slash cherry if I end up not inclined that way. So overall, a win-win.

Now gotta go over and check on the art prompts for the new round at spn_illuminated and see if any of them grab my fancy yet.

One of my deciding factors is that they have a "mini-bang" option, to just do 10K minimum instead of the full blown 20K for the big-bang. However, they do give the option up to a certain point to upgrade if it looks like the story is going to go over 20K anyway. Also, the fics can be gen as long as they focus on a Dean/Cas friendship. So if I won't necessarily have to pop my SPN slash cherry if I end up not inclined that way. So overall, a win-win.

Now gotta go over and check on the art prompts for the new round at spn_illuminated and see if any of them grab my fancy yet.

Title: Night of the HunterAuthor: Gryph (gryphon2k)Genre: GenCharacter(s): Jo Harvelle, Ellen Harvelle, Gordon WalkerRating/Warnings: PG-13Words: 4897Summary: There must be a reason why Ellen doesn't like Gordon. What happened the first time Gordon came to the Roadhouse? Did Jo flirt with him? (Probably; he's damn hot). Did Ellen approve? (Probably not; Jo's her baby). Did Gordon take advantage of the situation? (Of course he did; he's Gordon).Disclaimer: Not mine. If they were, they'd be so much better.Notes: Filling a prompt for spn_illuminated, based on this art by wallmakerrelict; title and lyrics from Night of the Hunter by 30 Seconds to Mars.

Title: Night of the HunterAuthor: Gryph (gryphon2k)Genre: GenCharacter(s): Jo Harvelle, Ellen Harvelle, Gordon WalkerRating/Warnings: PG-13Words: 4897Summary: There must be a reason why Ellen doesn't like Gordon. What happened the first time Gordon came to the Roadhouse? Did Jo flirt with him? (Probably; he's damn hot). Did Ellen approve? (Probably not; Jo's her baby). Did Gordon take advantage of the situation? (Of course he did; he's Gordon).Disclaimer: Not mine. If they were, they'd be so much better.Notes: Filling a prompt for spn_illuminated, based on this art by wallmakerrelict; title and lyrics from Night of the Hunter by 30 Seconds to Mars.

Bobby's Guilty Pleasure is a cute little fic. OMG, I love Bobby fics. And while I'm not personally a fan of Teenchesters or Weechesters or what have you, I can totally see Bobby loving them, because they were in so many ways his boys. Also love his reaction to finding Bobby/John fics.

Bobby's Guilty Pleasure is a cute little fic. OMG, I love Bobby fics. And while I'm not personally a fan of Teenchesters or Weechesters or what have you, I can totally see Bobby loving them, because they were in so many ways his boys. Also love his reaction to finding Bobby/John fics.

I'm contemplating signing up for a prompt on spn_illuminated, a reverse bang. The piece I want to write is wallmakerrelict's, a Jo/Ellen story. I've always shied away from writing female-centric fics, because well, I have a hard time not turning them into guys. But this one, these two women, I think I could do, because they are the very definition of Bad Ass.

I'm contemplating signing up for a prompt on spn_illuminated, a reverse bang. The piece I want to write is wallmakerrelict's, a Jo/Ellen story. I've always shied away from writing female-centric fics, because well, I have a hard time not turning them into guys. But this one, these two women, I think I could do, because they are the very definition of Bad Ass.